Open Source for Architects

Welcome! The channel presents free and open-source software (FOSS), open standards and open data for architecture topics : 3D modeling, visualization, parametric design, CAD, BIM, cartography, digital survey, 3D web development and more. It covers tools such as Blender, Freecad, QGIS, Three.js, Meshroom.
Free and open-source software is software that is available under a license that grants the right to use, modify, and distribute the software, modified or not, to everyone free of charge.
About : I am Raphaël Vouilloz, a swiss architect. I am working as a scientific assistant at CNPA Lab of EPFL, in teaching and research for geometry, stereotomy, CAD/CAM and BIM.

6 GIMP Tips that every Architect MUST know!
6 GIMP Tips that every Architect MUST know!
Host website on Codeberg Pages! A community-led alternative to Github Pages
Host website on Codeberg Pages! A community-led alternative to Github Pages
How to Extract Contour Lines from a Swisstopo DEM in QGIS & Export to DXF / SVG
How to Extract Contour Lines from a Swisstopo DEM in QGIS & Export to DXF / SVG
LibreCAD Floor Plan Demo for Beginners
LibreCAD Floor Plan Demo for Beginners
Automate BlenderGIS with Python on Swisstopo data
Automate BlenderGIS with Python on Swisstopo data
Bonsai full demo ! Learn how to model this house in native IFC
Bonsai full demo ! Learn how to model this house in native IFC
Learn to code in Freecad by modeling this stunning parametric Dome - Python scripting Tutorial
Learn to code in Freecad by modeling this stunning parametric Dome - Python scripting Tutorial
Compose stunning renders like a painter! How to draw perspective in Freecad to set Blender's camera
Compose stunning renders like a painter! How to draw perspective in Freecad to set Blender's camera
Draw this amazing Fuggoe artwork by Victor Vasarely ! Inkscape tutorial
Draw this amazing Fuggoe artwork by Victor Vasarely ! Inkscape tutorial
Publish online a 3D Website ! With Github Pages
Publish online a 3D Website ! With Github Pages
Three.js and Vite to code a stunning 3D Website! Learn the basics
Three.js and Vite to code a stunning 3D Website! Learn the basics
Discover Speckle! A free platform to exchange 3D data and collaborate between AEC software
Discover Speckle! A free platform to exchange 3D data and collaborate between AEC software
How to create this striking map of the Biscione in Genoa with QGIS
How to create this striking map of the Biscione in Genoa with QGIS
Attract bricks of this striking parametric wall in Blender | Geometry Nodes
Attract bricks of this striking parametric wall in Blender | Geometry Nodes
Create and render chair designed by Alvaro Siza - Blender Tutorial
Create and render chair designed by Alvaro Siza - Blender Tutorial
How to use BlenderGIS for Population Density 3D Maps
How to use BlenderGIS for Population Density 3D Maps
Create stunning Urban Maps with QGIS and the QuickOSM Plugin
Create stunning Urban Maps with QGIS and the QuickOSM Plugin
Parametric Facade with Blender's Geometry Nodes
Parametric Facade with Blender's Geometry Nodes
Project GIS Mesh back to Sphere with Geometry Nodes on Blender
Project GIS Mesh back to Sphere with Geometry Nodes on Blender
Set a Parametric Family with geometric and parametric Drivers with a Geometry Nodes Group in Blender
Set a Parametric Family with geometric and parametric Drivers with a Geometry Nodes Group in Blender
Model a curved Abeille stone Vault with Geomery Nodes in Blender
Model a curved Abeille stone Vault with Geomery Nodes in Blender
Detail ! How to draw a CAD 1:20 Section on LibreCAD
Detail ! How to draw a CAD 1:20 Section on LibreCAD
Model 3D Sites on BlenderGIS with Swisstopo Data
Model 3D Sites on BlenderGIS with Swisstopo Data
Code a Web Virtual Tour in Javascript with the open-source Library Three.js
Code a Web Virtual Tour in Javascript with the open-source Library Three.js
Double Twist Columns ! How to model them with the parametric add-on Sverchok for Blender
Double Twist Columns ! How to model them with the parametric add-on Sverchok for Blender
All you need to Map a Territory with QGIS
All you need to Map a Territory with QGIS
Capture a Photogrammetric 3D Survey with Meshroom and use it in Cloudcompare, Freecad & Blender
Capture a Photogrammetric 3D Survey with Meshroom and use it in Cloudcompare, Freecad & Blender
Create a Procedural Wood Cladding Material in Blender
Create a Procedural Wood Cladding Material in Blender
Model a Vis Saint-Gilles on Freecad
Model a Vis Saint-Gilles on Freecad